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care designed to assist terminally ill persons to be comfortable through the phases of dying
What is Hospice
100
present at birth
What is congenital
100
physician in postgraduate years of clinical training or internship
What is resident
100
nondisclosure of information except to authorize persons
What is a confidentiality
100
the study of all aspects of aging
What is gerontology
200
lack or loss of appetite
What is anorexia
200
a decision made to identify a disease based on signs and symptoms, history, labs, and procedures
What is diagnosis
200
study of factors that may be involved in the development of a disease
What is etiology
200
process by which tumor cells spread to distant parts of the body
What is metasis
200
condition of being reliant on someone or something else for help, support
What is dependent
300
withdraw in or out by suction
What is aspiration
300
increase in seriousness of disease or disorder
What is exacerbation
300
prediction of the probable outcome of a disease
What is prognosis
300
persisting for a long period of time
What is chronic
300
restoration of a part/body to normal
What is rehabilitation
400
a state of mental confusion characterized by incorrect perception of person, place, time, and identity
What is disorientation
400
an evaluation of a condition
What is assessment
400
renew to normal state of health
What is restorative
400
infection acquired in the hospital
What is nosocomial infection
400
means the same as communicable disease transmitted by direct or indirect means
What is contagious
500
partial or complete absence of disease
What is remission
500
pertaining to treatment
What is therapeutic
500
a loss of a large amount of blood in a short period, external or internal
What is hemorrhage
500
a cause of distress felt to warrant a complaint
What is grievances
500
means the same as contagious, transmittable by direct or indirect means
What is communicable
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